Overview

• Premier Jeremy Rockliff has set a 9 AM Thursday deadline for Opposition Leader Dean Winter to endorse the final investment decision on the scaled-back, $5 billion undersea cable
• Dean Winter says he supports the link in principle but will not rush endorsement without full access to the unpublished whole-of-state business case
• Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff and independent MPs condemned the crossbench briefings as a “sham” and criticized the volume and secrecy of the documentation
• The project has been reduced from two cables totalling 1.5 GW to a single 750 MW link with Tasmania holding 17.7 percent, Victoria 33.3 percent and the Commonwealth covering the remainder
• The Commonwealth has extended the investment decision deadline to August 2, but bipartisan or crossbench support remains crucial for the project to proceed